Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 84
Broach (n.) (Masonry) A broad chisel for stonecutting.
Broach (n.) (Arch.) A spire rising from a tower. [Local, Eng.]
Broach (n.) A clasp for fastening a garment. See Brooch.
Broach (n.) A spitlike start, on the head of a young stag.
Broach (n.) The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping. -- Knight.
Broach (n.) The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
Broached (imp. & p. p.) of Broach.
Broaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Broach.
Broach (v. t.) To spit; to pierce as with a spit.
I'll broach the tadpole on my rapier's point. -- Shak.
Broach (v. t.) To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood.
Whereat
with blade, with bloody blameful blade, He bravely broached his boiling bloody
breast. -- Shak.
Broach (v. t.) To open for the first time, as stores.
You shall want neither weapons, victuals, nor aid; I will open the old armories, I will broach my store, and will bring forth my stores. -- Knolles.
Broach (v. t.) To make public; to utter; to publish first; to put forth; to introduce as a topic of conversation.
Those very opinions themselves had broached. -- Swift.
Broach (v. t.) To cause to begin or break out. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Broach (v. t.) (Masonry) To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool. [Scot. & North of Eng.]
Broach (v. t.) To enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach.
To broach to (Naut.), To incline suddenly to windward, so as to lay the sails aback, and expose the vessel to the danger of oversetting.
Broach (n.) A decorative pin worn by women [syn: brooch, broach, breastpin].
Broach (v.) Bring up a topic for discussion [syn: broach, initiate].
Broacher (n.) A spit; a broach.
On five sharp broachers ranked, the roast they turned. -- Dryden.
Broacher (n.) One who broaches, opens, or utters; a first publisher or promoter.
Some such broacher of heresy. -- Atterbury.
Broad (a.) Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
Broad (a.) Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
Broad (a.) Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full. "Broad and open day." -- Bp. Porteus.
Broad (a.) Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; -- applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive.
A broad mixture of falsehood. -- Locke.
Note: Hence:
Broad (a.) Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case. -- D. Daggett.
In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way. -- E. Everett.
Broad (a.) Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
Broad (a.) Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
As broad and general as the casing air. -- Shak.
Broad (a.) (Fine Arts) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
Broad (a.) Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
Broad (a.) Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
Note: Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide, large, etc.; as, broad-chested, broad-shouldered, broad-spreading, broad-winged.
Broad acres. See under Acre.
Broad arrow, Originally a pheon. See Pheon, and Broad arrow under Arrow.
As broad as long, Having the length equal to the breadth; hence, the same one way as another; coming to the same result by different ways or processes.
It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others,
or bring others down to them. -- L'Estrange.
Broad pennant. See under Pennant.
Syn: Wide; large; ample; expanded; spacious; roomy; extensive; vast; comprehensive; liberal.
Broad (n.) The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
Broad (n.) The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen. [Local, Eng.] -- Southey.
Broad (n.) A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. -- Knight.
Broad (n.) A woman, especially one who is sexually promiscuous; -- usually considered offensive. [slang]
Broad-axe
Broadaxe
Broadax
Broad (a.) Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river" [syn: wide, broad] [ant: narrow].
Broad (a.) Broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality" -- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide].
Broad (a.) Not detailed or specific; "a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread" [syn: broad, unspecific].
Broad (a.) Lacking subtlety; obvious; "gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave" [syn: broad, unsubtle].
Broad (a.) Being at a peak or culminating point; "broad daylight"; "full summer" [syn: broad(a), full(a)].
Broad (a.) Very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies" [syn: broad, spacious, wide].
Broad (a.) (Of speech) Heavily and noticeably regional; "a broad southern accent".
Broad (a.) Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions" [syn: broad, large-minded, liberal, tolerant].
Broad (n.) Slang term for a woman; "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch".
Broadax; Broadaxe (n.) An ancient military weapon; a battle-ax.
Broadax; Broadaxe (n.) An ax with a broad edge, for hewing timber.
Broadax (n.) A large ax with a broad cutting blade [syn: broadax, broadaxe].
Compare: Scaup
Scaup (n.) A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. [Scot.]
Scaup (n.) (Zool.) A scaup duck. See below.
Scaup duck (Zool.), Any one of several species of northern ducks of the genus Aythya, or Fuligula. The adult males are, in large part, black. The three North American species are: the greater scaup duck ({Aythya marila, var. nearctica), called also broadbill, bluebill, blackhead, flock duck, flocking fowl, and raft duck; the lesser scaup duck ({Aythya affinis}), called also little bluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler; the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck ({Aythya collaris), called also black jack, ringneck, ringbill, ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust. Of Ring-necked duck, under Ring-necked. The common European scaup, or mussel, duck ({Aythya marila), closely resembles the American variety.
Compare: Shoveler
Shoveler (n.) [Also shoveller.] One who, or that which, shovels.
Shoveler (n.) (Zool.) A river duck ({Spatula clypeata), native of Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green, blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and neck are dark green. Called also broadbill, spoonbill, shovelbill, and maiden duck. The Australian shoveler, or shovel-nosed duck ({Spatula rhynchotis), is a similar species.
Broadbill (n.) (Zool.) A wild duck ({Aythya marila, or Fuligula marila), which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; -- called also bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck. See Scaup duck.
Broadbill (n.) (Zool.) The shoveler. See Shoveler.
Broadbill (n.) Tropical American heron related to night herons [syn: boatbill, boat-billed heron, broadbill, Cochlearius cochlearius].
Broadbill (n.) Diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill [syn: scaup, scaup duck, bluebill, broadbill].
Broadbill (n.) Freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill [syn: shoveler, shoveller, broadbill, Anas clypeata].
Broadbill (n.) Small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills.
Broadbrim (n.) A hat with a very broad brim, like those worn by men of the society of Friends.
Broadbrim (n.) A member of the society of Friends; a Quaker.
Broad-brimmed (a.) Having a broad brim.
A
broad-brimmed flat silver plate. -- Tatler.
Broad-brimmed (a.) (Of hats) Having a broad brim.
Broadcast (n.) (Agric.) A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.
Broadcast (n.) An act of broadcasting; specifically, a program in which sounds or images are transmitted in all directions from a radio or television station; -- usually referring to a scheduled program on a commercial or public service radio or television station, using the normal radio frequencies for those media, in contrast to a radiotelephone conversation, which may also be transmitted in all directions, but is intended for receipt by a base station in the telephone network.
Broadcast (a.) Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused.
Broadcast (a.) Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); -- opposed to planting in hills, or rows.
Broadcast (adv.) So as to scatter or be scattered in all directions; so as to spread widely, as seed from the hand in sowing, or news from the press.
Broadcast (v.) To cast or disperse in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; to diffuse widely.
Broadcast (v.) To transmit (sounds, images, or other signals) in all directions from a radio or television station.
Broadcast (v.) To disseminate (information, a speech, an advertisement, etc.) from a radio or television station.
Broadcast (v.) To spread (information, news, gossip) widely by any means.
Broadcast (n.) Message that is transmitted by radio or television.
Broadcast (n.) A radio or television show; "did you see his program last night?" [syn: broadcast, program, programme].
Broadcast (v.) Broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song" [syn: air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit].
Broadcast (v.) Sow over a wide area, especially by hand; "broadcast seeds".
Broadcast (v.) Cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around].
Broadcast, () A transmission to multiple, unspecified recipients. On Ethernet, a broadcast packet is a special type of multicast packet which all nodes on the network are always willing to receive.
Broadcast (v.) [ I or T ] (Broadcast or US also broadcasted, broadcast or US also broadcasted) (B2) 廣播（電視或無線電節目）；播送 To send out a programme on television or radio.
// Radio Caroline used to broadcast from a boat in the North Sea.
// The tennis championship is broadcast live to several different countries.
// (Figurative) I'm leaving but please don't broadcast (= tell everyone) the fact.
Broadcast (n.) [ C ] 電視節目；廣播節目 A television or radio programme.
// A radio/ television broadcast.
// We watched a live broadcast of the concert.
Broad Church () (Eccl.) A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, intermediate between the High Church party and the Low Church, or evangelical, party. The term has been applied to other bodies of men holding liberal or comprehensive views of Christian doctrine and fellowship.
Side by side with these various shades of High and Low Church, another party of a different character has always existed in the Church of England. It is called by different names: Moderate, Catholic, or Broad Church, by its friends; Latitudinarian or Indifferent, by its enemies. Its distinctive character is the desire of comprehension. Its watch words are charity and toleration. -- Conybeare.
Broadcloth (n.) A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); -- so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.
Broadcloth (n.) A densely textured woolen fabric with a lustrous finish.
Broadcloth (n.) A closely woven silk or synthetic fabric with a narrow crosswise rib.
Broadened (imp. & p. p.) of Broaden
Broadening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Broaden
Broaden (v. t.) To grow broad; to become broader or wider.
The broadening sun appears. -- Wordsworth.
Broaden (v. t.) To make broad or broader; to render more broad or comprehensive.
Broad gauge () (Railroad) A wider distance between the rails than the "standard" gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge.
Broad gauge (n.) A railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard 56.5 inches.
Broad-horned (a.) Having horns spreading widely.
Broadish (a.) Rather broad; moderately broad.
Broadleaf (n.) (Bot.) A tree ({Terminalia latifolia) of Jamaica, the wood of which is used for boards, scantling, shingles, etc; -- sometimes called the almond tree, from the shape of its fruit. Broad-leaved
Broadleaf (a.) Having relatively broad rather than needlelike or scalelike leaves [syn: broadleaf, broad-leafed, broad-leaved].
Broad-leaved (a.) Alt. of Broad-leafed
Broad-leafed (a.) Having broad, or relatively broad, leaves, in contrast to needlelike or scalelike leaves. -- Keats. [Narrower terms: deciduous (vs. evergreen)]
Broad-leafed (a.) Having relatively broad rather than needlelike or scalelike leaves [syn: broadleaf, broad-leafed, broad-leaved].
Broadly (adv.) In a broad manner.
Broadmouth (n.) (Zool.) One of the Eurylaimidae, a family of East Indian passerine birds.
Broadness (n.) The condition or quality of being broad; breadth; coarseness; grossness.
Broadpiece (n.) An old English gold coin, broader than a guinea, as a Carolus or Jacobus.
Broad seal () The great seal of England; the public seal of a country or state.
Broadseal (v. t.) To stamp with the broad seal; to make sure; to guarantee or warrant. [Obs.]
Broadside (n.) (Naut.) The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.
Broadside (n.) A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time.
Broadside (n.) A volley of abuse or denunciation. [Colloq.]
Broadside (n.) (Print.) A sheet of paper containing one large page, or printed on one side only; -- called also broadsheet.
Broad-side (v. t.) To collide with the broad side of. her car broad-sided mine.
Syn: broadside.
Broadside (adv.) With a side facing an object; "the train hit the truck broadside"; "the wave caught the canoe broadside and capsized it".
Broadside (a.) Toward a full side; "a broadside attack".
Broadside (n.) An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers" [syn: circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway].
Broadside (n.) A speech of violent denunciation [syn: tirade, philippic, broadside].
Broadside (n.) All of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship.
Broadside (n.) The whole side of a vessel from stem to stern; "the ship was broadside to the dock".
Broadside (n.) The simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a Warship.
Broadside (v.) Collide with the broad side of; "her car broad-sided mine".
Broadspread (a.) Widespread.
Broadspreading (a.) Spreading widely.
Broadsword (n.) A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore.
I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. -- Sir W. Scott.
Broadsword (n.) A sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges; used to cut rather than stab.
Broadway (n.) （紐約街名，劇場集中地）百老匯；百老匯式的劇場 A street in the entertainment district of New York, where there are many theatres, or the type of theatre in this area.
// A Broadway play/ musical.
// Tyler hopes to be on Broadway one day (= performing there).
Broadwise (adv.) Breadthwise. [Archaic]
Brob (n.) (Carp.) A peculiar brad-shaped spike, to be driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping.
Brobdingnagian (a.) Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic.
Brobdingnagian (n.) A giant. [Spelt often Brobdignagian.]
Brobdingnagian (a.) Huge; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Brobdingnag.
Brobdingnagian (a.) Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge [syn: huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagian].
Brocade (n.) Silk stuff, woven with gold and silver threads, or ornamented with raised flowers, foliage, etc.; -- also applied to other stuffs thus wrought and enriched.
A gala suit of faded brocade. -- W. Irving.
Brocade (n.) Thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern
Brocade (v.) Weave a design into (textiles).
Brocaded (a.) Woven or worked, as brocade, with gold and silver, or with raised flowers, etc.
Brocaded flowers o'er the gay mantua shine. -- Gay.
Brocaded (a.) Dressed in brocade.
Brocaded (a.) Embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery; "brocaded silk"; "an embossed satin"; "embossed leather"; "raised needlework"; "raised metalwork" [syn: brocaded, embossed, raised].
Brocage (n.) See Brokkerage.
Brocard (n.) An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics, or metaphysics.
The legal brocard, "Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus," is a rule not more applicable to other witness than to consciousness. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Brocatel (n.) A kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for carriages, etc.
Brocatel (n.) A marble, clouded and veined with white, gray, yellow, and red, in which the yellow usually prevails. It is also called Siena marble, from its locality.
Brocatello (n.) Same as Brocatel.
Broccoli (n.) (Bot.) A plant of the Cabbage species ({Brassica oleracea) of many varieties, resembling the cauliflower. The "curd," or flowering head, is the part used for food.
Brochantite (n.) (Min.) A basic sulphate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
Broche (a.) Woven with a figure; as, broche goods.
Broche (a.) Stitched; -- said of a book with no cover or only a paper one.
Broche (n.) [F.] See {Broach}, n.
Brochure (n.) 小冊子 [C] A printed and stitched book containing only a few leaves; a pamphlet; a single sheet folded to make four pages.
Brochure (n.) A small book usually having a paper cover [syn: {booklet}, {brochure}, {folder}, {leaflet}, {pamphlet}]
Brochure (n.) [ C ] (B1) 小冊子；資料（或廣告）手冊 A type of small magazine that contains pictures and information on a product or a company.
Brock (n.) (Zool.) A badger.
Or with pretense of chasing thence the brock. --B. Jonson.
Brock (n.) (Zool.) A brocket. -- Bailey. Brocken specter
Brocket (n.) (Zool.) A male red deer two years old; -- sometimes called brock.
Brocket (n.) (Zool.) A small South American deer, of several species ({Coassus superciliaris, Coassus rufus, and Coassus auritus).
Brocket (n.) Small South American deer with unbranched antlers
Brocket (n.) Male red deer in its second year
Brocket, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000): 65
Housing Units (2000): 35
Land area (2000): 0.784311 sq. miles (2.031357 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.003125 sq. miles (0.008094 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.787436 sq. miles (2.039451 sq. km)
FIPS code: 09700
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 48.212499 N, 98.353942 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 58321
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Brocket, ND
Brocket
Brockish (a.) Beastly; brutal. [Obs.] -- Bale.
Brodekin (n.) A buskin or half-boot. [Written also brodequin.] [Obs.]
Brog (n.) A pointed instrument, as a joiner's awl, a brad awl, a needle, or a small sharp stick.
Brog (v. t.) To prod with a pointed instrument, as a lance; also, to broggle. [Scot. & Prov.] -- Sir W. Scott.
Brogan (n.) A stout, coarse shoe; a brogue.
Broggle (n.) To sniggle, or fish with a brog. [Prov. Eng.] -- Wright.
Brogue (n.) A stout, coarse shoe; a brogan.
Note: In the Highlands of Scotland, the ancient brogue was made of horsehide or deerskin, untanned or tenned with the hair on, gathered round the ankle with a thong. The name was afterward given to any shoe worn as a part of the Highland costume.
{Clouted brogues}, Patched brogues; also, brogues studded with nails. See under {Clout}, v. t.
Brogue (n.) A dialectic pronunciation; esp. the Irish manner of pronouncing English.
Or take, Hibernis, thy still ranker brogue. -- Lloyd.
Brogue (n.) A thick and heavy shoe [syn: {brogan}, {brogue}, {clodhopper}, {work shoe}].
Brogue (n.) A heavy shoe often with a hobnailed sole.
Brogue (n.) A stout oxford shoe with perforations and usually a wing tip.
Brogue (v. t.) A dialectic pronunciation; esp. the Irish manner of pronouncing English.
Brogues (n. pl.) Breeches. [Obs.] -- Shenstone.
Broid (v. t.) To braid. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Broidered (imp. & p. p.) of Broider
Broider (v. t.) To embroider. [Archaic]
They shall make a broidered coat. -- Ex. xxviii. 4.
Broider (v.) Decorate with needlework [syn: embroider, broider].
Broiderer (n.) One who embroiders. [Archaic]